lunge
Danish
[ˈlɔŋə]
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) lung
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse lunga inherited from Proto-Germanic *lungô (the light organ, lung) derived from Proto-Indo-European *lengʷʰ- (agile, nimble, light, not heavy, be easy, be quick, jump, move around, vary).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*lengʷʰ-
Gloss
agile, nimble, light, not heavy, be easy, be quick, jump, move around, vary
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
光, 明
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aqualung English
- biolung English
- lung English
- lungectomy English
- lungfish English
- lungful English
- lungless English
- lunglike English
- lungworm English
- lungwort English
- mahogany lung English
- midlung English
- nonlung English
- popcorn lung English
- woodworker's lung English
- Buchlunge German
- Lunge German
- Lungenaufblähung German
- Lungenblähung German
- Lungenentzündung German
- Lungenkrankheit German
- Lungenkrebs German
- Lungenproblem German
- Staublunge German
- lungengängig German
- лёгкое Russian
- *lengʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- lunge Norwegian Bokmål
- lungebetennelse Norwegian Bokmål
- lungekreft Norwegian Bokmål
- lungeskade Norwegian Bokmål
- *lunganjō Proto-Germanic
- *lungw- Proto-Germanic
- *lungô Proto-Germanic
- lunga Swedish
- lunginflammation Swedish
- lunge Norwegian Nynorsk
- lungen Old English
- lunge Middle English
- lunga Old Norse
- betændelse Danish
- lungebetændelse Danish
- lunga Icelandic
- lunga Old High German
- lunge Middle High German
- *lonkaʔ Proto-Balto-Slavic